[chbot] 18650 capacity measurements

[Andy ZL3AG]

I have an AkkuMaster MC2001 I was given for helping rescue a German sailor and his possessions from a run-aground yacht off the caribbean mexican coastline. A bit tricky for me to use as all the menus are in German.

Unfortunately, it only does NiCad/NiMh/Pb, as you could have had it for as long as you needed it.


On 26/10/2016, at 12:04 PM, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:

> (Different topic, different thread, please keep it that way.)
> 
> For keeping an eye on the performance of 18650 lithium cells it's kind
> of required to be able to tell their capacity, for charging, and in a
> discharge test. I have a lacrosse that does that (mostly) for AAs, but
> there doesn't seem to be an intelligent charger for 18650 on the market
> (those nitecore D2, D4 define intelligence as displaying actual
> voltage/current while charging - looks sexy but isn't actually that
> useful).
> 
> What do people do for this? Rigging something myself is possible but
> actually rather difficult to do well.
>